Friday, July 29, 2016

Friday, July 22, 2016

I just left my doctor's office this afternoon and the news wasn't the best. No sob story to share here, just I've got some things going on that aren't life threatening -- but could be if I don't take a moment to breathe and relax a little.

I've already been through a battery of tests and at this stage have at least four more in the near future before we can get started on treatment and getting me back to normal.

My blood pressure is through the roof and because of it, I can't take another medicine I desperately need -- because it can elevate blood pressure and cause a stroke if you're not careful.

Soooo... I'm going to take some time off. No writing. No promotion. No social media posts (unless I've already made them and scheduled them)

Hungry for His Wolf (Bloodlines, 4) is being pushed back to a release date of 8/10/2016 to give me a little time to relax and hopefully de-stress.

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Game Warden Wade Travers is unwittingly pulled into the ongoing war
between the werewolves and bear shifters when he’s called in by local
rangers to investigate the slaughter of animals. Chased behind the wall
protecting Bear Mountain, he suddenly finds himself unable to leave—and
unable to stop thinking about the bear who saved him from the wolves.Exiled, Penn McCreary doesn’t live by rules. He remains close to
watch over his brothers and keep the younger boys safe from the threat
just outside the farm. That puts him in the right place at the right
time. Playing the hero isn’t Penn’s normal MO, but he can’t ignore his
mate in danger.Penn doesn’t take the answer no very well. Wade will be his, by whatever means necessary.Rules are all Staff Sergeant Malachi MacGregor knows. When he arrives
in the valley and comes face to face with the rule breaker and the
human, sparks fly. Will the grizzly shifter finally teach Penn a little
discipline?

Before Jared climbed
back into his ATV they’d used to get to the cabin, he paused and scented the
air.

“I can smell you,
Penn,” Jared said into the wind. “Leave him be. He’s still in shock.”

Penn didn’t answer. He
couldn’t. There was no way he’d listen to Jared’s advice. Wade needed him as
much as Penn needed the human. There was no way Penn was going to let the
warden be alone right now.

Jared hovered nearby,
not leaving. Finally he seemed to give up and climbed back into the ATV and
headed back down to the base of the mountain. Once Penn heard the engine’s
sound fading away, he shifted and emerged from the tall pines that had hidden
him.

He stood under the full
moon and stared at the cabin. His body pulsed with life, his cock rock hard and
ready to claim his human.

Penn walked across the
small green space before the cabin and climbed the handful of stairs to the
narrow porch. A breeze blew past, propelling the two whitewashed rocking chairs
into motion. Penn lifted his hand to the door. Before he could knock, it swept
open.

Wade stood there.

Naked.

Hard.

Ready.

Penn closed the gap
between them and dragged the human into his arms. Their mouths clashed as Penn
let go of his control. He felt the bear within nipping at his heels, prodding
him to claim the man as his. He swept his tongue into Wade’s welcoming mouth,
tasting. He delved deeper, feeding from the man’s lips as he clutched Wade ever
closer.

Their bodies melted
into one. Flesh met flesh. After urging Wade deeper into the cabin, Penn kicked
the door shut, sealing them inside the cabin.

Alone.

He splayed his palms
out, trying to touch every inch of bare skin he could reach. Penn’s mind spun,
a whirlwind of need, yearning, and the desire to connect to another in a way
he’d thought impossible.

Penn could feel the
brush of Wade’s hard shaft against his leg, and was thankful to sense the need
coming off the human in waves. Wade was as lost to the lust as Penn was.

He backed the man up to
the large bed dominating the room, continuing to devour Wade’s mouth. Wade’s
fingers caressed him, fingertips digging into Penn’s flesh. The touches
bordered on painful, the pleasure lingering within. Penn gripped Wade’s hips,
rolling his hips against the man’s pelvis.

Letting Wade feel his
need.

Wade tore his lips from
Penn’s. “How do we do this?”

Penn drew back and
stared down at the human. “My cock… your cock… they fill holes.”

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Mated to Two Bears, Bear Mountain 13 releases tomorrow -- and then I was coming to Ronan's story in book 14 next...And then I thought that was where Bear Mountain was going to end.

I absolutely ADORE this series and have had so much fun writing it. I've enjoyed the readers who've been along for this journey and said, if I could find a way to extend the story NATURALLY, I would.But who wants to read a series that is just beaten and tired? I wouldn't, so the hell if I'd deliver books to you guys I wouldn't want to read.No new ideas were coming, so I really felt like the series was coming to a natural end with Ronan.Mated to Two Bears went off script along the way. It changed dramatically from the loose outline I'd written and ended up in a spot I hadn't imagined. I really like where it headed. Sometimes those tangents can be evil and lead you to a brick wall and I almost thought this one had at one point until I realized a timeline adjustment and the moving of many (many *sob*) chapters around would fix it all.I was very happy with the final product.Then, someone read an ARC (an advance reading copy) of Mated to Two Bears and asked a question about a mini plot hole I'd left dangling.Oh no! A mini-plot hole? The fuckery of it all!And then an answer slammed into my head that was so easy a fix and so right for the series and so, so very exciting for me as a writer.The way I plugged that hole -- it opens the door for a whole new bunch of shifters to come to Bear Mountain... new potential obstacles... new potential villains... I can't say too much about the new idea without giving away a little bit of spoilage AND because the ideas are still fresh in my mind and in need of fleshing out.For those of you about to read Mated to Two Bears, you'll get a hint of the new idea when you get near the end. I'm EXCITED by this turn and love that it just feels right to the series. It keeps things fresh and new and interesting... without beating a dead horse.I can't say for certain how many books this will add to the series, but I am comfortable suggesting there could be upwards of at least three to four more on top of the original fourteen planned.The only issue I have is this... these stories might bump Ronan's back. But since his mates are off at med school, perhaps that fits, too -- but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for Ronan's HEA to happen and wrap up the McCreary stories.So Ronan might NOT be book 14 after all.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Welcome Yuki Edo back to my blog! She's here today to share a piece of her latest release, Spacial Delivery, the second installment of the Sakura Towers series.Welcome to Sakura Towers, where fantasies come to life.
Ryu has been delivering packages to Ichiro for months now, and he’s
finally worked up the courage to flirt more openly with the warm and
friendly older man. A chance meeting escalates their relationship, and
soon Ryu is living out his fantasies of having Ichiro in his arms.

They come from different backgrounds, and their schedules are often
in conflict. Ryu worries about these issues, though Ichiro shrugs them
off. Can they turn this relationship into more than just sex, or will it
only be a short-lived fantasy?

Ichiro kept
glancing at his phone toward the end of the workday. He’d signed up to receive
text alerts on all of his recent orders so he didn’t miss any of them. He felt
a little silly since Ryu almost always arrived at least an hour after he’d
gotten home for the day. Ichiro wondered about that. He’d been at the end of
Ryu’s route when he was in his other apartment, but wasn’t it the same route?
Had it changed recently? Or did Ryu purposely leave him until last? He shook
his head and laughed at himself.

You’ve been reading too many manga. He
told himself not to jump to any conclusions. Yes, he was making extra effort to
be home because his last two conversations with Ryu had given him hope the
handsome younger man might be interested in him. But he didn’t need to get his
hopes up. He couldn’t exactly prove that Ryu was making any special efforts,
could he? Not unless he came right out and asked. And he’d likely make a
complete fool of himself if he did.

Of course, there
was also the chance that asking the question would spur Ryu to action. Just
imagining Ryu pushing him into his penthouse and pinning him to the nearest
wall made Ichiro anxious to be home. He adjusted his pants under his desk, glad
he’d closed his door. He’d jerked off in the shower two nights ago after seeing
Ryu in the coffee shop. If this were a manga, wouldn’t that be fate at work? He
liked to think so even as he chastised himself for viewing the real world that
way. That chance encounter could have been the universe making up for keeping them
apart earlier in the day.

He laughed at
himself again and got back to work, scheduling meetings and returning phone
calls. He left a few minutes early, again checking his phone repeatedly. His
new coffee table showed a status of being “out for delivery”, meaning Ryu was
driving it around that very moment. He drove a little faster than usual, and he
swung into his parking space under Sakura Towers in record time. He made his
way upstairs quickly and only gave nodding acknowledgments to those he passed.
He kept his phone in his hand, trying to look as busy as possible so no one
would stop him. Several current and former colleagues lived in the building,
and he didn’t want to get trapped in a conversation.

He kept an eye on
his phone as he freshened up and then cleaned up the main room a little bit. As
he ran a lint brush over the couch, he imagined himself lying on it with Ryu on
top of him. If something sparked between them, how long might it last? Ryu had
to be at least a decade younger than Ichiro was, so he might not be ready to
settle down yet. At least Ichiro now knew he liked men and wasn’t ashamed of
it. If he’d lived with a boyfriend before, then he wouldn’t want to hide what
was happening between them. Ichiro paused and straightened up. Unless their age
difference would matter—would Ryu only be interested in a physical
relationship? Would he think Ichiro only wanted sex? Ichiro’s last serious
relationship had ended because they’d wanted different things and hadn’t
communicated properly. He didn’t want to overthink this, but he couldn’t deny
the facts. They were in different places in life. Anything beyond sex would
take a lot of work.

The intercom
buzzed, and Ichiro practically dove for it. “Yes?”

“It’s Ryu.”

“Great. Come on
up.” He hit the button to allow Ryu access to the penthouse elevator, and then
he had to stand there and wait. He tapped his foot and then told himself to
stop it. Why couldn’t he go back to being as cool and collected as he’d been
before? Seeing Ryu had always been a pleasure, but he’d never been nervous like
this.

But that had been
before the flirting. Before the look they’d exchanged in the coffee shop.
Before Ichiro had touched himself as he imagined Ryu fucking him.